Aviation News
The Royal Thai Army has placed an order for the STARStreak air defence missile system with Thales UK.
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The U.S. Army has awarded EADS North America a $181.8 million contract option to deliver 34 additional UH-72A Lakota helicopters, bringing the total aircraft ordered to date to 312.
[thumb]http://www.eads.com/eads/int/en/news/press.20121114_eads_na_lakota.html[/thumb]
A Turkish army helicopter crashed in the southeastern province of Siirt on Saturday, killing 13 elite commandos and four crew members.
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The Pentagon has offered to sell five new F-16 fighter jet engines and three Black Hawk helicopters to Thailand.
[thumb]http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/318403/us-to-supply-cut-price-weaponry[/thumb]
The U.S. Army has shipped the Switchblade UAV to a unit in Regional Command East, Afghanistan. The soldiers there are still waiting for the green light to deploy the kamikaze drone though.
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